Correction: The knowledge translation status in selected Eastern-Mediterranean universities and research institutes (PLoS ONE (2014) 9:9 (e103732) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103732);The knowledge translation status in selected eastern-mediterranean universities and research institutes

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Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Maleki, Katayoun ^a   Hamadeh, Randah R ^b   Gholami, Jaleh ^a   Mandil, Ahmed ^c   Hamid, Saima ^d   Butt, Zahid Ahmad ^d   Saeed, Abdulaziz Bin ^c   El Kheir, Dalia Y M ^e   Saleem, Mohammed ^f   Maqsoud, Sahar ^g   Safi, Najibullah ^h   Abdul Majeed, Ban A ⁱ   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^f High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^g ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h WHO Country Office   (Afghanistan)

ⁱ Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84907200631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221844     Document Type: Erratum

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